With a Pan-Tilt camera you can keep an eye on an entire room. The camera is oprerated with an app on a smartphone/tablet or through software on a laptop or PC. An IP (Internet Protocol) camera is a camera with a network connection. This allows an IP camera to function directly on your computer network, often also via wifi. If your trying to get a scheduled recording on a foscam to record with audio. At least you can't on my model and I think that this is the case across the board. I had to use a PC and a 3rd party software to record with sound on a schedule. A Foscam IP camera offers a large number of possibilities for saving your images. For example, you can store your images to an SD card whenever motion is detected, or you can make 24-hour recordings on an NAS. I'll gladly explain what possibilities there are and how to set them up. Recording to your computer.
For the perfect home security, you should know about the best free IP camera software. Along with excellent surveillance of your home, they are better and simpler to use than usual analog CCTV cameras. With the help of these software you can do the recording and various other functions. And it can be done just through your PC only.
15 Best Free IP Camera Software for Home Security 2020
With the increasing risk of security, options are also increasing and hence I have shortlisted 15 of such options under this list. These are the free IP cam software which also come with some upgrade options too. However, the basic working remains to be free of cost in all of them.
1. iSpy
Talking about the over-all surveillance of your home, I think you should go for iSpy for this. This one is the first choice for the best free IP camera software and provides functionality for Windows PC only.
The software is open source and promises stability and extensibility in the best form possible. With the help of iSpy you can access live videos through your IP cameras or from any other sources connected and can take the required action through it.
You can also download plugins in order to make most of this software. I think it is not only ideal for home security but for multiple other purposes like ghost and UFO spotting, office and work monitoring, home automation and much more.
2. ContaCam
The next one amongst the best security camera software is ContaCam provided by Contaware. It works wonderfully for all types of surveillance cameras and with quick action, you can regulate the live video on your own.
With its lightweight program and versatile functions, it turn out to be quite user friendly and meet all your security needs perfectly. You can find various versions available of this software on its website where you can choose the required one.
Other interesting features provided by ContaCam are multiple appearance and language setting options available, various types of usage, file configuration, possibility of history tracking, remote watching, motion detection and many more.
3. Sentry Vision
Sentry Vision is a completely free service available for the Windows users only for the purpose of security and surveillance. What makes it one of the best free IP camera software is that you can rely on it for the complete home security system without requiring any additional hardware.
You can set an alarm and can even turn your system on from remote places. Apart from all, you can also get all the updates and online camera right on your smartphone too.
Other features of Sentry Vision includes motion detection, lockup detection, hidden mode, time stamp, remote control with email commands and many more like these. You can also save recordings and can watch them later.
4. IP Camera Viewer
Deskshare offers this amazing and one of the most used IP Camera Viewer to take care of the home and office security. It hardly takes minutes to set up this software on your PC and once you are done with everything, you can easily get to watch the live stream of your IP camera on your PC. Sqlpro studio 1 0 452 cm.
You can rely on IP Camera Viewer as an IP camera recording software too and of course this is not the only highlight of this entirely free software.
It supports more than 2000 types of IP camera models and the software also supports multiple IP cameras at the same time. It supports 4 camera feeds at a time and with the lightweight app it becomes easily to handle and regulate the operations.
5. IP Cam Monitor
The next one in here for the category of best free IP camera software is IP Cam Monitor. With such kind of software by your side, it becomes way simpler to view and control your IP cameras even from a remote distance.
The basic functions performed by this software are to watch, two-way audio support, listen etc. through the IP camera. The software also provides upgrade option which is a paid feature.
IP Cam Monitor supports multiple types of IP cams especially the modern ones. The best part about this software is that you can control multiple cameras from this single software which also allows you to create multiple camera views too.
6. Camera Viewer Pro
Camera Viewer Pro is regarded as one of the most advanced option we have in this list of best IP camera software. It works with all types of cameras whether they are IP or CCTV or anything else and stores and playbacks information in JPEG and MJPEG modes.
The software utilizes the easy going concept of drag and drop features along with graphical scheduler as well as motion detection too.
Whenever the software spots any motion it notifies you by email and this hardly takes any time in this action. Apart from it you can also store video clips from the footage in AVI format which is supported by most of the media players.
7. IP Cam Soft Basic
IP Cam Soft Basic works like its name and works as quite a basic option when it comes to controlling the surveillance by IP cameras. Apart from these cameras, the software also works for DVRs and NVRs too.
It is counted amongst the most reliable and best free IP camera software and works for Windows OS only. The software supports massive 3000 types of camera models and allows you to record from 16 cameras simultaneously.
In fact, IP Cam Soft Basic also supports two way audio control but on selected models only. I think this one is just perfect for your home security and the related functions like nanny monitoring, child monitoring etc.
8. DComplex LLC IP Camera Viewer
What makes DComplex IP Camera Viewer one of the best security camera software is its versatility and quite flexible working process. You can save footage from 10 different cameras installed on different locations and you just require this single software to operate and regulate them all.
Isn’t it like the best option ever? However, a big let-down here is that the software is compatible with Mac only.
The software provides you multiple layouts options along with two way audio monitoring and motion detection feature too. The user interface is quite responsive and simple and with recording and scheduling you get further advantage of using this software. You can also simply take a screenshot from the footage and email it directly from the software.
9. Cam Wizard
You might not get as many options with Cam Wizard as available with the rest of the software but I think still it will work just fine for you. Having all the basic features of the best free IP camera software, Cam Wizard works smoothly for both CCTV as well as IP cameras.
However, you cannot customize the format of the video being recorded through this software but the perks of email alerts and easy setup keeps you going with it.
The software is quite lightweight and it also allows you to setup multiple cameras connections on it. The major highlight of this software is its motion detection which hardly takes any seconds to be captured.
10. Sighthound Video
Sighthound Video is the next option in this list which works wonderfully as an IP camera recording software and also provides various other services and features too. In fact, this is by far one of the most equipped and power-packed option of video surveillance software in this list.
It comes with this powerful computer vision technology which adds the essence of Artificial Intelligence to your entire home or work security system.
Not just motion detection but Sighthound Video works towards people detection feature. And of course, this also includes cars, passerby whose alert is provided by email notification. However, the starter edition which is free to use does not come with as many features as the paid plans offer.
11. Secure Cam2
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Secure Cam2 is the next addition to this list of the best free IP camera software. It works more like an application which provides better user experience and provides you the service of set recording pattern of your IP camera recording.
You can also set a schedule of recording, a number of cameras to be controlled, frequency range, motion detection and a lot more. I think this is one such kind of software which is ideal for beginners as well as experienced users.
So, basically you are going to get a huge control over your home security system because of this software called Secure Cam2. The output is received in either JPEG or MJPEG formats which is quite standard for such software.
12. Foscam IP Camera Tool
Foscam offers this IP Camera Tool which is also counted amongst one of the best IP camera software too. It has not been stated much about the working and elaborated features of the software provided by Foscam but I think they are quite reliable.
Foscam basically deals in IP cameras and surveillance system installation and these are the supporting software provided with them.
Luckily, these software works well with other cameras too and you can monitor 16 of them together at a time, all thanks to the IP Camera Tool. You can preset various times and can also watch previous records. The other features of this tool includes motion detection, alarm input, electron map alarm, password protection etc.
13. Netcam Watcher Professional
Netcam Watcher Professional is one of the easiest to use addition in this list of best free IP camera software. Whether it is your home or business or anywhere else, you can keep an eye on the surrounding through Netcam Watcher Professional.
However, it supports IP cameras from only 50 popular manufacturers only but I think it will surely cover the cameras which are usually used.
The kind of features that come with Netcam Watcher Professional are alarm, notifications, scheduling of the recording, motion detection, remote access of all the cameras, image enhancement and much more. I think it is just perfect to find the details in the recorded stream easily.
14. Rear View Mirror
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Rear View Mirror might sound like a causal software but I think the features are going to blow your mind totally. Apart from working well with the IP cameras, this one is also suitable for web cameras too and supports MJPEG streaming.
You are going to be notified about the alerts through pop-up and notification sound. Rear View Mirror also provides perfect control over the remote network cameras too including the CCTV too.
However, it is prioritized for web cams more so do not worry if your IP cam is not being supported here, you can try out other software for this. I think the simpler interface and comfortable user experience is going to attract you the most about this software.
15. Genius Vision
Genius Vision makes it to the last option of this list of best free IP camera software. Regarded as one of the best NVR software, I think it is just tailor made for your IP camera surveillance system.
It comes with all-in-one IP camera management software features which makes it more popular as a commercial service rather than being used for home security. However, when talking about the free version, you can only get the demo version in it which is going to come with some limitations.
However, you can switch to the upgraded version anytime you want which comes with some advanced features.
Conclusion
The best thing about IP cameras are that their working is more modern and approach is much simpler. Along with it, you won’t be required to install an entirely different system in your home for the control panel. Through these best free IP camera software enlisted right above, you can turn your PC or laptop into a control pad which is quite convenient to operate too.
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Can anyone recommend recording software that will allow for continuous recording other than blue iris? Ispy only allows it upon motion.
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Re: Recording Software
ISPY does allow constant recording, there's a record button on each camera view.
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Thanks Paul - does it just make the movies a certain length and then start a new movie file?
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All settings like that are customisable by you, such as,
Record on detection of movement.
Record on movement stopping.
Record on alert, ie x amount of seconds after movement has started (stops false alerts from sun going in and out), also a cache record so after releasing that there is 'real' movement the recording will start and also record the previous x seconds, x also being user definable.
Area detection.
Luminance detection, ie distinguish car head lights.
Length of recording.
Length of time to continue recording after detection has ceased.
Schedule, start monitoring at time x, finish at time y.
The programme fulfills all my needs and then some, all for free, although there are some paid options such as facial recognition and number plate recognition.
I choose to store my recorded videos in my gdrive folder on my PC, that then gets synchronised to the cloud, I also have the gdrive all on my phone so I can see recorded videos before I actually get to the PC.
The software also works with my android cameras, something which I couldn't get other software to do.
Hope this helps, Paul.
Record on detection of movement.
Record on movement stopping.
Record on alert, ie x amount of seconds after movement has started (stops false alerts from sun going in and out), also a cache record so after releasing that there is 'real' movement the recording will start and also record the previous x seconds, x also being user definable.
Area detection.
Luminance detection, ie distinguish car head lights.
Length of recording.
Length of time to continue recording after detection has ceased.
Schedule, start monitoring at time x, finish at time y.
The programme fulfills all my needs and then some, all for free, although there are some paid options such as facial recognition and number plate recognition.
I choose to store my recorded videos in my gdrive folder on my PC, that then gets synchronised to the cloud, I also have the gdrive all on my phone so I can see recorded videos before I actually get to the PC.
The software also works with my android cameras, something which I couldn't get other software to do.
Hope this helps, Paul.
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Re: Recording Software
The following software can record Foscam ip camera on PC, on iPhone, or on iPad.
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I've been using ContaCam for over a year. Works great, free and no spyware. Developer replies quick. Very easy to setup. Only thing it won't do is record audio from IPcams.
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Foscam Ip Camera Setup Tool
Maybe you can choose ready number plate recognition tool - http://www.videoanalitika.lt
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